Sadly, I can’t say I’m too surprised by this new study. Apparently humans are making cats dumber, and have been for the past 10,000 YEARS.
According to the researchers, they measured the brain sizes of domesticated cats and wild cats that still exist in Europe and Africa. And even though their body sizes are similar, the wild cats have bigger BRAINS.
Basically, the researchers think domesticated cats haven’t had to use their brains much for things like hunting and defending themselves. So over the past 10,000 years or so, we’ve gradually been dumbing cats down by keeping them as pets.
Hey, at least our current-day, moron kitties have some . . . purr-sonality. 😉